Pioneering is a ploy by the organization to create a divisive class structure in the Organization and another mechanism for beating up the membership.
Jazzbo
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Pioneering !
by iknowall558 inquestion :.
why is 'pioneering' a 'privilege' when every jw goes out in ministry anyway.
even those who have lost privileges, or been disciplined, or been reinstated after being disfellowshipped are still expected to go out in the ministry.
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Did any of you study the WT lesson throughly without ANY underlining?
by asilentone injust wondering.
it makes me think whoever underlines the wt without going throughly is purely hypocritical.
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Jazzbo
I never underlined, I did write the occasional note in the margin or on a separate piece of paper. I remember two things about underlining that make me laugh. I was the Watchtower Study conductor and generally considered to be quite good at it. Some dinosaur of a visiting speaker noticed during the closing prayer that my magazine wasn't underlined and tried to give me some grief about it after the meeting. I showed him my eight pages of notes and it still wasn't good enough so I told him he was a complete moron as well as being a lousy speaker he stomped off in a huff. The other was a CO blowing an hour and a half Elder's meeting teaching us how to to underline our lessons, what a condescending jackass he was. Even the worshipful Elders were hacked off about that.
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Calling all Americans!!!
by LucyA inwhy are americans so paranoid about the government?.
please understand im in no way trying to be disrespectful to your country im just trying to understand why their seams to be an outcry every time someone mentions the government legislating over something eg healthcare.
although i dont trust our pollies i would never withdraw my support without at least reading the legislation first.
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Jazzbo
The more that Government can do for you, the more they can do to you and the more they can take away from you.
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Jazzbo
The short answer is "no". It has been warmer in the past and it has been colder in the past. There has been more CO2 in the past and there has been less CO2 in the past. Climate changes, it is cyclical and the record doesn't match up to the fear mongering climate models that are being foisted on a gullible public. What kind of cretin decides that the last century or so is the perfect temperature and must be maintained for all eternity of life will end? Barnum was obviously correct.
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Democrats WANT Babies to Die
by AwSnap inhahahahaha!....i heard this from a jw today!
they said, "i don't know which is which, but one of them is more conservative (i said 'i think that's republicans) and tend to do things more along the lines of the bible.
and then the other party (democrats) is kind of wild and pushes for abortions and gay marriage.
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Jazzbo
Not only do they want babies to die they're going to use your tax dollars to make it happen.
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Stumbling Your Fellow Brothers
by dig692 ini just felt the need to express my thoughts on the matter of "stumbling others" in the congregation.
they tell you that you are accountable for your own soul and responsible for your own spirituality, and then they tell you that you can't do something if its going to stumble your brother.. if a brother/sister sees me doing something not condemned in the bible but maybe is a matter of conscience and he/she is stumbled...why is that my fault?
what makes me accountable for that?
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Jazzbo
The whole "stumbling" thing has never been anything other than a mechanism for imposing on someone else's conscience.
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Swedish government declines to give JW financial support
by InquiryMan inquite recently, watchtower in sweden applied for governmental financial support, as they are entitled to as a registered religious community.
however, the government declined to accept the application, stating that the reason was that the jws do not adhere to democratic values and standards and do not support mainstream values.. the witnesses are upset, because they feel discriminated against.
they state that the financial issue is not the real issue, but to be treated in a similar way as other religious communities.. they have appealed the decision and plan to send a report explaining the witnesses views in more detail.. the branch office chose the religious, pentecostal (assembly of god) newspaper "dagen" to make an interview.. here is the photo report of the article.. .
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Jazzbo
If the Swedish government can allocate funds to Muslims to support their fine works of cutting people's heads off and blowing up buildings then I think returning a small percentage of Witness's tax dollars to the organization is probably OK.
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Which is your favourite single malt Scotch Whisky, and why?
by lifelong humanist inas a true scot, i'm deeply passionate about most things scottish, any possibly one of our small nation's most successful export is my main favourite - our single malt whisky heritage.. i'm writing this while savouring a 12 year old highland park - distilled in the orkney islands, the most northerly distillery in scotland.
it is one of my favourites - it was my late father's favourite tipple.
yet, only 500m from my house is scotlands oldest legal whisky distillery - glenturret, in crieff.
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Jazzbo
The Macallan 18 year old is my favorite Scotch. I like the smokiness and the hint of orange.
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Mental Illness with Jehovah's Witnesses
by Hope4Others inthis presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.
this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.
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Jazzbo
I suspect there may be stress related issues with mental illness among Jehovah's Witnesses. However, Jerry Bergman is a poor source to look to for support of that contention. This is a guy that couldn't get tenure at Bowling Green because of shoddy work, the Universities decision was upheld in court when he sued. This is a guy that got kicked out of his lucrative "expert witness" gig when courts found out that he was simply not credible. This is a guy whose writings have been severely criticized by academics for methodology and sourcing. Just because he supports what you want to believe doesn't make him a good source. If you want to prove this point, and I'd really like to see some serious work on it, then don't depend on Bergman, he's a joke.
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Has President Obama Disappointed You?
by minimus inis he what you expected?
any second thoughts?
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Jazzbo
Nope, I expected massive corruption, serial lying, unprecedented secrecy, disastrous foreign policy, betrayal of allies, pandering to enemies, monumental historical ignorance, destruction of the economy and a constant chorus of "I". He has delivered on all counts.